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A Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Chapter 19: Overview of Misoprostol Studies in Postpartum Hemorrhage
Tables of peer-reviewed misoprostol studies
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RISBibTexAPAThe pill is mightier than the sword
San Francisco Chronicle: Open Forum comment by Malcolm Potts and Martha Campbell Monday, February 27, 2006. The Bush administration intends to cut the modest funding the United States gives to international family planning by almost one-fifth. For those of us who are interested in looking 15 to 20 years ahead, this is the dumbest action possible.
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RISBibTexAPAConsumer behaviour and contraceptive decisions: resolving a decades-long puzzle
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 2006
This article explores the role of consumer behavior in contraceptive decision making
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RISBibTexAPABarriers to Fertility Regulation: A Review of the Literature
Campbell M, Sahin-Hodoglugil N, Potts M
Studies in Family Planning, 2006
The evidence in the demographic and family planning literature of the range and diversity of the barriers to fertility regulation in many developing countries is reviewed in this article from a consumer perspective. Barriers are defined as the constraining factors standing between women and the realistic availability of the technologies and correct information they need in order to decide whether and when to have a child. The barriers include limited method choice, financial costs, the status of women, medical and legal restrictions, provider bias, and misinformation.
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RISBibTexAPAThe safety of misoprostol
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2006
This article evaluates the safety of misoprostol
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RISBibTexAPAA Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Chapter 16: Misoprostol in Practice
Chapter 20 in A Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage discussing Misoprostol in Practice
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RISBibTexAPAParachute approach to evidence based medicine
Potts M, Prata N, Walsh J, Grossman A
Waiting for the results of randomised trials of public health interventions can cost hundreds of lives, especially in poor countries with great need and potential to benefit. If the science is good, we should act before the trials are done. Good science, we suggest, is taking the research to the problem rather than conducting the research in the tallest ivory tower the investigator can find.
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RISBibTexAPAChina’s one child policy
This article discussed China's one child policy.
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RISBibTexAPAA Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Chapter 17: Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage at the Community Level
Chapter 17 in A Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage discussing Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage at the Community Level. The ability to manage postpartum hemorrhage at the community level is an essential element in any program to decrease maternal mortality from postpartum hemorrhage1, as most of the deliveries in developing countries occur at home without the presence of a skilled birth attendant.
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Tackling the unacceptable: Nigeria approves misoprostol for postpartum haemorrhage
Jadesimi A, Okonofua F
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 2006
This article discusses the approval of misoprostol in Nigeria for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in 2006. This was the first time misoprostol had been approved in any developed or developing country for this lifesaving indication.
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